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The Light of the World

John 8:12–30

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12

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Then Jesus spoke to them again and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not have to walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

13

So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”

The Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying to yourself. Your testimony is not true.”

14

Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Jesus answered, “Even if I am testifying to myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I have come from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

15

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

You judge by material standards, but I am judging nobody.

16

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

But even if I do judge, my decision is just, because I am not by myself, but the Father who sent me is with me.

17

Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

Why, in your own Law it is stated that the testimony of two persons is valid.

18

I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

Here I am testifying to myself, and the Father who has sent me testifies to me.”

19

“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too.”

20

He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

He said these things in the treasury, as he was teaching in the Temple, and no one arrested him, because he was not yet ready.

21

Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

Then he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in the midst of your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”

22

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

So the Jews said, “Is he going to kill himself, and is that why he says, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?”

23

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.

24

That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

That is why I said to you that you would die in the midst of your sins, for unless you believe that I am what I say, you will die in the midst of your sins.”

25

“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

They said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them,

26

“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

“Why do I even talk to you at all? I have a great deal to say about you and to condemn in you, yet he who sent me is truthful, and the things that I say to the world are things that I have learned from him.”

27

They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.

They did not understand that he was speaking to them of the Father.

28

So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

So Jesus said, “When you lift the Son of Man up in the air, then you will know that I am what I say, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has instructed me.

29

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

And he who has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”

30

As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.

As he said this, many believed in him.

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